StrideOne Ropes In Pepper Money India Executive Hardeep Singh As Its First CFO

Venture debt firm Stride Ventures’ non-banking financial company (NBFC) StrideOne Capital has roped in Hardeep Singh as its first chief financial officer.

With over two decades of experience in the finance sector, Singh has been with Pepper Group’s arm Pepper Money India as its CFO since July last year. Prior to that, he also served as the chief financial officer in GE Capital, Clix Capital and SS Supply Chain Solution, as per his LinkedIn profile.

StrideOne said in a statement that Singh’s appointment as CFO will strengthen its financial strategy and operations, supporting growth and scaling of startups.

Until Singh’s appointment, Dhruv Mehra has been serving as the financial controller of the company. He joined StrideOne as senior manager at the Business Finance division and has been with the company for three years.

The fintech company also named its risk committee member Arvind Nachaya as the head of commercial banking. 

Earlier, he had worked with ICICI Bank, Citi Bank and HSBC across various leadership roles and holds an overall experience of more than 25 years in the finance industry, according to his LinkedIn profile. 

Ishpreet Gandhi, founder of StrideOne said, “With Arvind and Hardeep onboard, we are better positioned to advance our mission of empowering entrepreneurs. Their deep insights and proven track records in financial services will drive our continued commitment to innovation and excellence.”

StrideOne was floated in late 2021 by Gandhi and Abhinav Suri. The company provides financial solutions to MSMEs and the startups’ supply chain partners.

Last December, StrideOne acquired a strategic stake in last-mile electric vehicle (EV) logistics platform MoEVing, and said it would take over the fintech function at MoEVing with an eye on becoming the largest financial institution supporting EV businesses.